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Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Restyle Day 20 – Animal Print

I
love today’s style prompt! I must admit I was a bit worried I wouldn’t
find anything I liked in a Red Cross op shop. As much as I love leopard
print, I’m terribly fussy about it. The colours have to be perfect, the
spots need to be the right size, shape and consistency, and the item of
clothing needs to be the correct style. That’s a lot of requirements to
consider when rifling through an op shop!

When
worn correctly animal print can look extremely stylish, elegant and
effortless, but worn incorrectly it can look awfully cheap and tacky
(according to me anyway!). I tend to keep animal prints to my
accessories rather than my actual clothing, so the challenge was on to
find something I loved and wanted to wear.

Turns
out I shouldn’t even have worried! This skirt was one of the first
things I found for Restyle. It actually started out life as a dress, but
after trying it on with various other things I decided that the pattern
was too busy for a dress, but I loved the pleats and the pattern, so I
chopped the top off and turned it into a skirt! Animal print is a great
pattern to clash with others, just keep it all tonal and you’ll be fine!
My simple striped t-shirt was the perfect piece to mix with the busy
print of the skirt.

Skirt: Australian Red Cross Bentley $10

T-Shirt: Australian Red Cross Bentley $6

Earrings: Australian Red Cross North Perth $3

Shoes: Australian Red Cross Willagee $20

Belt: Op Shop

Sunglasses: Ray Ban

P.S
check out my shoes! These beauties are none other than vintage Celine
monk shoes. They are a perfect fit and in excellent condition. I
actually did a little leap for joy when I found them sitting amongst the
men’s shoes at the Red Cross in Willagee. Thank you op shop gods!!